History of Wake Forest College, Volume IV (1943-1967)
108 of 402

Tribble, those who wanted to fire him immediately, and those who wanted to delay his discharge until after the college had completed the move to Winston-Salem. Although Dr. Tribble retained his position, the action of the trustees was not regarded at the time as a vote of confidence in him. His opponents even had a willing successor lined up and waiting in the wings: Carroll Weathers .3 Inevitably the controversy continued with Tribble making no concessions to his detractors. In a letter to Odus Mull on February 8 he showed his fighting mood: "I have no idea of quitting," he said. "I am not afraid of Basil and his crowd." On that same day Irving Carlyle took steps to assure that the detailed account of the deliberations by the Board of Trustees on February 3 be withheld from public view for a long time to come. The minutes were ordered sealed, their later examination to be subject to the permission of the board. If Tribble had his detractors, he also had strong supporters,